Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Shotcha - Frame That Travel Shot

When you are traveling and something catches your eye, snap a photo. You can bore your friends with it when you get home. But how do you make that photo capture them the way the scene caught you? Take a picture that tells a story. Consider this photo and what it says to you. Park art? Big round thing? Rusty old piece of junk? Or a representation of oneness crippled, and carried on the shoulders of no man?

Frame the shot a little differently and it tells a different story. The simple park, the small earth, dwarfed by the works of man.

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The wagon wheels of the worker who, slaving under the hot sun, looks longingly at the manor house with the hope of a cool drink and dinner when the day's labor is done.

The child's toy rolls out of control toward the warning barriers.

So give it a try. The next time something catches your eye, look at the things around it and decide what story you want your photo to tell.